AgentHarness Guards AI Agents from Malicious Activity

SAN MATEO, CA, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- AIBound, the control plane for high-risk AI, today announced the launch of AgentHarness, a new security solution designed to protect AI agents from malicious activity. The solution brings security policy directly inside AI agents, ensuring that no privileged actions are taken without explicit authorization.

AgentHarness is a significant step forward in the realm of AI security, as most security tools currently operate from the outside, monitoring traffic and processes for potential threats. AIBound's AgentHarness, however, places the control where the action happens: inside the AI agent itself. This approach ensures that no malicious prompts, secret theft, or data leaks can occur, as the agent enforces security policies on every action, allowing, asking the user, or denying access.

The solution is particularly relevant given the increasing prevalence of AI in enterprise environments. AIBound's research indicates that 78% of employees using AI at work bring their own tools, and 87% of leaders name AI-related vulnerabilities as the fastest-growing cyber risk. Furthermore, 53% of organizations have already experienced an AI agent exceeding its intended permissions.

AgentHarness ships with a curated catalog of hundreds of rules for macOS and Windows, built and maintained by AIBound, which customers can customize to their specific needs. Teams can enable or disable any rule, set the action for each rule (allow, ask the user, or deny), and tailor the rules by group, such as deploying different rule sets to different teams for varying levels of access. Every rule comes with a recommended default, ensuring that organizations are protected from day one.

AIBound's AgentHarness is part of the company's See, Stop, Govern platform, which includes approval workflows and board-ready reporting mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001. The platform's depth of visibility and control over AI resources, from endpoint to cloud, makes prompt-level enforcement precise and effective.

AgentHarness is now available for AIBound customers, with no new agent to deploy. Organizations can start a 30-day free trial and see their first AI risks within 24 hours. AIBound is available for a demo at aibound.com/request-a-demo.

AIBound, founded by cybersecurity leader Niall Browne, is uniquely built by Security Operators for Security Operators. The company's See, Stop, Govern platform offers a comprehensive approach to AI security, ensuring that organizations can manage and govern their AI resources effectively.